Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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26 THE ASHBURIAN tained in the Cafeteria. Again before we started on our tour, the plant processes were explained to us in detail. At this Mill, we witnessed the complete manufacture of cotton goods, from the raw cotton staple to the yarn stage, and finally to the finished products such as blankets, awning cloth, suiting cloth, and other material. Wie were addressed at the end of the tour by Mr. Millichamp, Assistant Manager of the Cana- dian Cottons Plants. Everyone of us marvelled at the speed and efficiency of these plants we had visited. It will always be a source of wonder to me, that one man could handle so much and not become confused, because in all three plants that we visited, there was a noticeable scarcity of workers. Indeed, in many parts of each building, one man would control a whole room full of whirring machines, and all important pressure gauges. This sight repeated before us many times, impressed upon our minds very clearly the fact that it appeared that Canada has gone very far in her technological advances. XVe returned to Ottawa by suppertime on Saturday night, after a most educational, instructive and enjoyable tour. Mention should possibly be made of Ian MacLaren's sharpness in travelling technique. Much credit is due to Mr. Sibley for his organization, and all those in Cornwall who helped so much to make this trip so fine. Those making the trip were: Younger I, Foulkes, Pritchard, Luyken, Macliwan, McLean, Irwin, MacLaren, LeBoutillier, Roberts and Bryce. CERCLE FRANCAIS NFoR'rUNA'rEI.Y, due to pressure of other matters in the school, the Cercle Francais was unable to meet more than once this year. However, this was augmented by a weekly period C40 minutesl throughout the school year, devoted solely to the speaking of French. The meeting was held on September 29th, at 7.30 p.m. The club, which is under the direction of Mr. Brain, showed a large increase in attendance over previous years. VVe moved in a body to the Little Elgin where we saw an extremely good French film, La Belle et la Bere . Afterwards, we returned to Mr. Brain's house, where coffee, sand- wiches and cakes were served. Our thanks are due to both Mr. and Mrs. Brain for making this meeting so enjoyable.

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THE ASHBURIAN 25 paper such as bond, book, writing, litho, mimeograph, blotting, bristol, as well as paper board. The entire plant, we realized, was fairly self sufficient. as it contained all the necessary parts for complete operation. Of particular interest was the large research Labor- atory connected with the Nlill. Here we were shown many of the routine tests used on the products as well as some of the line delicate instruments used in research. At the completion of our tour, we returned to the conference room and asked questions concerning those things which we had seen, but found difficulty in understanding. w From the Paper Nlill, after a slight pause at the Hotel for cokes and clean up, we went on to Courtaulds CCanadaj Limited, manufacturers of rayon, where we spent the afternoon. Before the tour commenced however, we were served an excellent dinner in their pleasant dining room, followed by a complete explanation of the making and dyeing of rayon by Mr. D. Roberts, the Technical Superintendent of the Plant, and the father of john. Rayon, we found, was made from sulphite pulp steeped in caustic soda, after which carbon disulphide was added, and the viscose was obtained from the resulting cellulose xanthate. This viscose is then forced through platinum jets into an acid coagulating bath, and so the rayon is manufactured. We found that there were three types of rayon being made: textile yarn, tire yarn and staple libre. I feel that it is necessary to mention a slight mishap which might have occurred to Andy Pritchard, if it had not been for the quick thinking of his tour supervisor. Suffice it to say that it would probably have been enjoyable. After the tour of the plant, Mr. Roberts then invited the group over to his home for refreshments, for which we were deeply grateful. It made another very pleasant highlight of the trip. Then on Friday evening after a fine dinner, we were free to have some further entertainment. Some went to the theatre, some to the Automobile show, while others attended a dance. A few even went off to hed! Andrew was a great help at this time to one of the occupants of the Hotel, for which he was duly Z rewarded. Again when all had returned Z to the Hotel we thought that it was about time to have something to eat as we had not eaten for all of a couple of hours. Saturday morning found us at the Canadian Cotton Klills, where we had a two hour tour, and then were enter-

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THE ASHBURIAN 27 THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB HIC International Relations Club held two meetings this year under the able direction of Nlr. Polk. The first meeting was held on the thirteenth of October at seven-thirty. The main business of the evening was election of officers, and john Fraser, lan Scott and B. Genesove were elected as President, Vice President, and Recording Secretary respectively. Following this, documentary films were shown by Nlr. Sibley, dealing with recent history such as the Second XVorld XVar. One film dealt with the progress of the XVar in Furope from the invasion of Normandy to the final surrender of Germany. The next meeting was a mock political convention. This was held with Xlr. R. Sumner in the chair, on a Friday in the last half of the winter term. Various proposals were made and discussed for the party platform, and the evening ended with the election of a new leader. The five candidates were joe Gimenez, Diego Nlendez, Gerald Rheinderhofi, Frank Penaloza, and Fransisco Carreno. Diego Nlendez won the election on the fourth ballot, with 25 out of 45 votes. The evening was a great success, and many thanks are due to Nlr. Polk and Klr. Belford for their assistance. THE MUSIC CLUB HE first meeting of the newly formed Nlusic Club took place on Tuesday, November l-lth, at the College, when we were privileged to see a group of movies. The first film was an excellent one, based on the life of jean Sibelius, the great Finnish composer. Throughout this picture we saw excerpts from his IUHG poem Finlandia , and The Swan of Tuonelan. The second film was a March of Time on Music in America . This film featured such personalities as Xlarion Anderson. Composer George Gershwin, Bandsman Benny Goodman, Violinist Mischa Elman, and Conductor Serge Koussevitsky. The film showed how jazz was derived from Negro folk music, and how great American composers like George Gershwin got their inspirations from the popular idiom of their time. The third and final film was Instruments of the Orchestra . In this film the famous British conductor. Dr. Nlalcolm Sargent, acted as commentator, demonstrated the sound of each instru- ment and then conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in Benja- min Britten's Variation and Fugue on a Theme . by Purcell.